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    Lunch comes at one o'clock. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (下午)tea is from four to five in the afternoon. And dinner is at about half past seven. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (首先)they have soup, and then they have meat or {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (鱼肉) with vegetables. After that, they eat sortie other things, like bananas, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (苹果)or oranges. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (但是)not all English people eat like that. Some of {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (他们)have their dinner in the middle of the day, Their meals are breakfast,  dinner, afternoon tea and supper and these meals are very simple(简单的).